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There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
Jr.
Open
Better
Stage

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Start where you are, use what you have.
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You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.
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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South Africa and look for yourself and come back and try to use the tools that you have at your command to try and help the brothers down there.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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If I don't ask Why me? after my victories, I cannot ask Why me? after my setbacks and disasters.
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Throughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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